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Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.2. (581)
 
MS Appellation:M. R. James catalogue 581
Title:Confessio Amantis
Author:Gower
Contents:Confessio Amantis
Language:English and Latin
Date Range:1400-1425
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Material:Parchment
No of Folios:1 new paper + 2 older paper + 154 parchment leaves + 2 older paper + 1 newer paper
Pagination:Modern pencil in upper outer corners recto
Quiring:8s
Catchwords:By the scribes, centred below the second column in a box in same ink as text.
Page Size:373 x 264
Frame:Pale brown ink; 6 x vertical enclosing columns and space for glosses in outer margin; 6 x horizontal enclosing top and bottom lines and running titles; ruled inside columns; in some quires ruling also fills space between columns and into margin for glosses.
Writing Space:267 x 170 = 2 columns 267 x 73
Running Titles:'Liber' on verso and the Latin number on the recto of each opening.
Flourished Initials:Three-line red with blue penwork alternating with illuminated gold with silvery grey penwork; smaller one-line initials alternate blue with red penwork and red with silvery-grey penwork.
Other Names (not owners):Thomas Urswick, in drypoint on f. 120, 'possibly Thomas Urswick, successively Serjeant and Recorder of London (1453-71) and Chief Baron of the Exchequer (1471-9) (Doyle and Parkes, 209.
Further Information:James Catalogue; Doyle and Parkes article
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